Currently in its 34th year, School is Cool is a community outreach effort managed and organized by CSU employees. The program  provides backpacks and school supplies to students in Fort Collins, Wellington, Timnath, LaPorte, and to the outlying mountain schools. Since 1992, School Is Cool has helped more than 61,000 children start the school year off right. Last year, the program assisted 2,501 students in nearly 50 schools! Please help support our efforts.

For just $35, you can sponsor one brand-new backpack filled with an average of 13 grade-appropriate school supplies. Click here to donate a backpack for the 2025-26 school year.

The program is organized and managed by Colorado State University employees with generous support the CSU Bookstore. School is Cool receives no central funding from the university. We are entirely donation driven. This year School is Cool is excited to continue our partnership with Front Range Community College.

Donations are accepted throughout the year for this annual outreach project.